As the year 2015 came to a close it was clear the world was in for a new trend in warfare. Instead of fighting wars with their own conventional forces, nations found it easier to pass the burden of conflict along to private contractors. They could be expensive, but a mercenary force was less politically liable than a country - and more expendable. The best survived and went on to glory and profit. The most famous and sought after of these mercenaries are the mercenary “pilots of fortune” that rule the skies. The leader of a Mercenary Air Squadron has many responsibilities. The fortunes of his or her firm depend on taking the right jobs, outfitting the right equipment, and keeping the squadron’s birds flying. These mercenaries know no loyalties except to their squadron ...

In 1936, as the Spanish Civil War heated up, representatives of Spanish Republicans begin hiring American pilots to fight in the war. The Yankee Squadron, led by Bert Acosta, fought Franco's White planes. Each pilot was paid $1,500 a month and a bonus of $1,000 for each enemy plane shot down.Welcome to Mercenary Air Squadron World War II: Mediterranean Theater of Operations! Here you'll be able to manage a squadron with some of the most famous warplanes in history.In the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, we that idea of mercenary pilots from the Spanish Civil War and run with it. You can form a squadron from any time from just before the start of World War II to the end of 1943 and see if you can prosper ...

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